"Su Zui, tell me, what exactly happened here?"
At the gates of Shrek Academy, Flender looked at Su Zui, black lines streaking his face.
Folks, who gets it? Just last night, a teacher at my academy got beaten up by Clear Sky Douluo.
And now, early this morning, two of my students have been beaten up by Su Zui.
Flender had been in quite a good mood after receiving funding from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the night before.
He had climbed out of bed humming a tune that morning, ready to give his students a proper training session.
But as soon as he reached the school gates, he saw Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun lying on the ground.
And when Ma Hongjun saw Flender approaching, he immediately started wailing as if his mother had died.
"Teacher, save me! Save me! This guy's going to kill me!"
Ma Hongjun might visit prostitutes a bit, and he really was a good-for-nothing, but he was still his student! His personal disciple, too!
Seeing him beaten into such a state, Flender naturally had to seek justice for his disciple.
"This fatty was forcibly abducting a woman!"
Flender was visibly stunned by Su Zui's words, and then he felt a little guilty.
After all, he knew perfectly well what his own disciple was like.
Could it be that Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire just went out of control? Is that why he tried to abduct a woman?
At that thought, even Flender's expression turned quite ugly.
After all, times had changed. A few years ago, it would have been easy enough to settle the matter with a little money.
But now, under the supervision of Spirit Hall's Law Enforcement Hall, a Soul Master forcibly abducting a woman was a serious crime, punishable by at least a few years behind bars.
Seeing Flender's expression, Ma Hongjun was terrified, afraid his teacher would abandon him.
"Teacher, I've been wronged! I really didn't abduct anyone! I just had a disagreement with Cuihua! She's hiding over there. If you don't believe me, ask her!"
Listening to Ma Hongjun's anguished cries, Flender looked where he was pointing and, sure enough, saw Cuihua hiding behind a handcart.
"Phew..."
Flender breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Ma Hongjun hadn't abducted a woman, he wouldn't have to go to prison...
When Cuihua saw Dean Flender appear, she too breathed a sigh of relief. She jogged over, crouched down, and gently helped Ma Hongjun up.
"Miss, you really are his girlfriend?"
Only then did Su Zui finally believe Ma Hongjun's story.
But if they were boyfriend and girlfriend, why had the girl been calling for help just now? Did young couples these days really play such wild games?
Once again, Su Zui felt his worldview take a tremendous blow.
Maybe I really am getting old...
Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Cuihua began to explain in a quiet voice.
"Brother Hongjun treats me pretty well. It's just, it's just that he's... too strong. My body can't take it, so I wanted to break up with him..."
Hearing Cuihua's scandalous words, Su Zui nearly fell over.
"What the heck?!"
Su Zui stared in shock, his gaze darting back and forth between Ma Hongjun and Cuihua.
What were these two little brats just talking about? What did she mean, he was too strong in that department? Was that something these two little brats should be saying?
If this had happened in Su Zui's previous life, the two of them would have been taken away and given electric shocks all night.
Xiao Wu, standing to the side, heard this and instantly turned red.
She glared fiercely at Ma Hongjun and muttered, "Shameless."
Ma Hongjun explained with an aggrieved look, "My, my Martial Soul is the Evil Fire Phoenix. There's a flaw in it..."
Su Zui stared at Ma Hongjun in shock. "A Martial Soul flaw? Don't tell me the flaw is that you're especially strong in that department!"
Ma Hongjun immediately nodded.
"That's right, that's the flaw in my Martial Soul. Once the Evil Fire gets to my head, I can't control it at all. In one go, I can..."
"Shut up!"
Xiao Wu was practically red-hot by now and wanted nothing more than to kick Ma Hongjun to the ground.
I'm a girl, and I'm still right here! What is this guy talking about?
"I'm not the only one like this!"
Seeing everyone around him looking at him with disdain, Ma Hongjun instinctively sought someone to drag down with him.
Just then, he spotted Dai Mubai beside him, his lips swollen like sausages.
"There's Boss Dai too! Boss Dai's even worse than me. He goes three rounds a day!"
"Mmph... mmph!"
Dai Mubai couldn't speak at the moment, but he glared daggers at Ma Hongjun, wishing he could beat him dead on the spot.
You damned grass chicken! I got beaten like this for your sake, and now I can't even speak. Yet you're fucking bad-mouthing me over there!
Xiao Wu's verdict was, "Neither of them is decent. They're both no good!"
"All right, stop arguing, all of you!"
The racket was making Flender's head feel ready to burst. He rubbed it, feeling as though he was about to faint.
He had originally hoped to recruit a few well-behaved students this year. But now, it seemed none of them were much better than the others!
That girl Xiao Wu loved watching a commotion and never cared how big it got. She was bold, too, sticking her nose into everything.
Su Zui beside her looked respectable enough, yet he had beaten up two of Flender's students in a single morning.
That Tang San was even worse. He and his father had taken turns beating up the teachers.
Now it seemed that only Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing gave him a little less trouble.
After all, so far, the two girls hadn't caused him a single problem.
Hopefully, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing won't drop any nasty surprises on me later.
Flender suddenly thrust out a hand and pointed toward the cafeteria.
"You lot, get to the cafeteria and eat, now! Don't show your faces in front of me again!"
Su Zui spread his hands and headed toward the cafeteria with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun immediately supported each other as they followed.
However, as Flender watched them leave, a question suddenly occurred to him.
"Wait... This Su Zui looks no older than Tang San and Xiao Wu, yet he managed to take on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun at the same time, all by himself!"
Flender had been too angry to calm down and think the matter through just now.
Now that he thought about it, wasn't Su Zui's talent a little too terrifying?
After all, both Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had top-tier Martial Souls!
Dai Mubai's Evil-Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul ranked among the top three of all known Beast Martial Souls.
And Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix was no ordinary Martial Soul either.
If Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix could shed its Evil Fire and evolve into a Fire Phoenix, it would definitely be comparable to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
And since Su Zui had been able to defeat Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai at the same time, didn't that mean he was at least a high-level Soul Elder?
He might even... be a Soul Ancestor!
At the thought, Flender's breathing quickened.
It seemed he really had stumbled upon a great treasure this time!